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Shawn Marion Drives an Incredibly Tiny Car

By Eric Nicholson Mon., May 20 2013 at 4:05 PM
Categories: Photos Worth Sharing, Sports

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We're not sure exactly what Shawn Marion is driving here. It's clearly not a car in the traditional sense of the word, nor is it a tricycle, even though it has three wheels. It's kind of like a golf cart, except it appears to be able to reach highway speeds and doesn't appear large enough to store any golf clubs. We'll just take the lead of the Redditor who dubbed it The Matricycle and the other one who declared it the visual representation of his jump shot.

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Optimus Prime is at Main Street Garden Right Now

By Eric Nicholson Tue., May 14 2013 at 2:37 PM
Categories: From the RTF Dept., Photos Worth Sharing

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@DowntownDallasInc
We could report this one out and inform you that Optimus Prime's cameo at Main Street Garden this afternoon was part of a promotion for Transformers Thirtysomething, but we'd rather just assume Downtown Dallas Inc. was rolling out the newest member of their downtown security patrol. Those pooping dogs over in Thanksgiving Square don't stand a chance.

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The Greatest Holiday Yard Display Ever is Only Missing Big Tex's Head

By Eric Nicholson Mon., Dec. 17 2012 at 12:00 PM
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@pcpeople

If you're not yet in the holiday spirit, then perhaps you should take a drive Southwestern Boulevard in University Park. Dan Koller, managing editor of Park Cities People and my former boss, apparently did so this weekend. looking at holiday lights in the Park Cities when he stumbled upon the greatest holiday yard display in the history of ever. You can't even count all those Santas, partly because there are so many, partly because they blind you with their holy light.

The only thing that could possibly make the holiday display any more awesome would be Big Tex's disembodied head, which the house's owner, Wayne Smith, happens to own.


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A Dallas Photographer Went Inside DISD's Closed Schools And Took Some Awesome Pictures

By Eric Nicholson Thu., Nov. 8 2012 at 1:23 PM
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Photos by Allison V. Smith
The hallway of D.A. Hulcy Middle School.
This summer, Dallas photographer Allison V. Smith was given carte blanche to wander through the halls of nine of the 11 schools trustees voted to close earlier in the year. The result is a series of vaguely nostalgic, strangely touching photos that you'll find after the jump.

"Living in Dallas, where they tear down the old and build up the modern so quickly, I thought it was important to document those places and spaces," she told NPR about the photos.

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Here's a Photo of People Stranded on the Stratosphere Ride at the State Fair

By Nick Rallo Mon., Oct. 22 2012 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Park and Rec, Photos Worth Sharing

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Justin Terveen
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Pour one out for the Texas State Fair: it had a rough weekend. Hours after Big Tex turned into The Wicker Man, the Midway Stratosphere ride lost power. A couple dozen riders were dangling above the earth on a motionless, two-hundred foot tall ride for a couple of hours. Dallas-Fire Rescue manually lowered the ride around 11:20 p.m., but not before photographer Justin Terveen--who was already on hand to nab a shot of Big Tex's visage--could grab a photo of the stranded Fair-goers.

See also: Big Tex Burned Down Today at the State Fair

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Here's an Amazing Solar Eclipse Photo from Frisco Photographer Phillip Jones

By Eric Nicholson Wed., Sep. 19 2012 at 7:49 AM
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Phillip Jones

Back in May, Phillip Jones drove from his home in Frisco eight hours west to Bledsoe, Texas, a tiny town on the New Mexico border. Why? Because Johnson, an IT guy and amateur astrophotographer, wanted to capture the coming annular eclipse in all its glory.

As you can see from the results, the trip was a success. Jones managed to snap a picture at the moment that the moon passed over the center of the sun, creating the ring of fire you see above. It's a rare event. It's been 18 years since the last such eclipse was visible in the U.S. and will be another decade before it happens again.

That was all four months ago, of course, but Jones' photos are just catching fire, so to speak, having just been picked up by The Daily Mail, among others. You can -- and should -- check out more of Jones' photos on his website.

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Yes, There Was a Dancing Kidney Bean in Front of City Hall Today

By Eric Nicholson Wed., Sep. 12 2012 at 5:43 PM
Categories: Photos Worth Sharing, We Apologize in Advance for This Particular Item

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Shawn P. Williams

Sure, you could build elaborate shade structures and host impromptu lunch parties to enliven the City Hall plaza, or you could just invite a giant, dancing kidney bean. Shawn Williams, Mayor Mike Rawlings' social media guru, was kind enough to pass along a couple of pics of said kidney bean, ahem Billy the Kidney. There were no action shots -- for that you should check out Morning News photog G.J. McCarthy's excellent pic -- but they are pictures of a giant kidney bean. At City Hall. Mingling with your elected leaders.


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There Was a Lot of Lightning Last Night, And Justin Terveen Took a Picture of All of It

By Eric Nicholson Wed., Aug. 15 2012 at 6:00 AM
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Justin Terveen

I was already asleep last night when -- or maybe until -- all the storms rolled in last night. Justin Terveen wasn't, which is how he was able to snap the pic above. A couple of dozen pics, actually, all merged together. He titled it Chaos.

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Here's an Awesome Photo of the Perseid Meteor Shower from Muenster, Texas

By Nick Rallo Mon., Aug. 13 2012 at 6:44 AM
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Mike Mezeul
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If you saw cascading streaks in the sky this weekend: don't panic. It wasn't the beginning of a Spielberg film. It was just the annual Perseid meteor shower sending space rocks through Earth's atmosphere. Mike Mezeul, who you may remember from such sites as this one, was poised about five miles north of Muenster, Texas with his trigger finger ready. Around four in the morning, he captured the shot you see here. From Mike: "saw about 80 meteors within the hour or so I was there."

Definitely recommend click the hi-res link above.

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Here's Dallas Getting Pummeled By Hail

By Nick Rallo Wed., Jun. 13 2012 at 10:29 PM
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Photographer Allison V. Smith instagrammed this one
Reports of smashed car windows, skylights and pretty-expensive-art exhibits rolled on Twitter this evening, as egg-to-baseball sized hail fell in Dallas. The storm hit right around the time the Dallas reboot kicked in on TNT, which meteorologists said was due to Mother Nature's hatred for Patrick Duffy.

First, some video from Lakewood:

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